STEWART, Christian Countess of Buchan 1
User ID: Y789. Christian married Robert DOUGLAS 4th Earl of Buchan, jure uxoris, son of Sir Robert DOUGLAS of Lochleven and Margaret ERSKINE.1 (Robert DOUGLAS 4th Earl of Buchan, jure uxoris was born about 1538 and died on 18 August 1580.) Marriage Notes: "In January 1549-50, though Christina was only a young child, a contract of marriage was arranged between her and James Stewart, afterwards Earl of Moray and Regent, the son of Lady Douglas by King James V., which gave him possession of her lands. Notwithstanding this he married another lady, and Christina was married to Moray's uterine half-brother, Robert Douglas, second son of Sir Robert Douglas of Lochleven. In his wife's right Robert Douglas became Earl of Buchan and Sheriff of Banff." |